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Originally Posted by jd10013
and if I'm not mistaken it's a design flaw in the engine, not even a matter of a bad chain. I want to say some people here have had several chains stretch.
but it sounds like this is more of an initial quality survey than a long term reliability one. after all, it's only been out 3 yrs now. anyhow, this is why the domestics continue to lag their foreign competition. I've owned many Japanese cars and have never had a major engine problem. the closest I've ever come is a '90 sentra I had long ago with 212k miles on it and the timing chain guides started to go.
anyway, love my camaro, but after finding out about this I will definitely be the last domestic car I ever buy. how in the hell is it, in this day and age, a major automobile manufacturer cant design a proper engine  so now I get to continue driving my car wondering if I'm going to be looking at a $2500 chain replacement down the road. Christ, that kind of crap is the whole reason I stopped buying domestic in the first place.
sorry to vent, just frustrating knowing about this potential issue  |
Initial quality is just that, when you get your new car what problems occured in the first 90 days. There are several I have read about on here that have near 100,000 miles on their 2010, if you recall they started selling 2010s in early 2009 so many are approaching 4 years on the road. I don't know how you can call that "Initial Quality".
Anyhow you won't be paying for repairs until after the 5 year 100,000 mile warranty is up. So you can stop being paranoid and enjoy your car.